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Especially as they keep fouling and will start to pick up a few more yellows.

Schar is so far up the pitch, it's not going to be easy for us to unlock the defense like this.

Wrong side of the post.

Tavernier has the beating of Targett for pace, a bit of a worry on the counter as we're pushing quite high up. Possibly I'm just conditioned to be overly wary and it's a good thing that we're pushing.

Pretty poor header from Schar after an interesting set-piece.

Was a terrible pass, but we shouldn't have opened up so easily after. Can't forget that they can score also.

I just hate most commentators. She's not too bad as far as they go in my book.

When was the last time we had no Blaydon Races or Local Hero played in a home game?

That is an atrocious ad that. Don't think it would air on regular TV (Optus Sports in a streaming only offering). I cringe whenever it comes on.

And then sounded like an air raid siren added to it at the end.

Agreed, from an attacking perspective the bench cupboard is very bare.

That will be a bit tough given he's not on the bench.

That's Maxim Demin, not to be confused with Maxim Denim:

For the shirts themselves I find the Castore to be better than the Puma ones, though granted I only have the limited classic Castore adult shirt and my kids have a couple. Don't have any other Castore stuff.

Yes, your board is incompetent: .........The Steve Bruce Story.........

I'm not going to dispute this, though plenty probably would! Parts of Western Sydney (mostly South West) football/wogball has always and will always be king. I've got family who have moved to QLD in more recent times and we visit them plenty, so Newcastle is now just the place near the Hexham bridge on our trips. I support the Wanderers though I've not been very active in that pursuit for quite some time. I have a much much bigger interest in the toon, I'm happy when the Wanderers win whereas I'll scream out in delight when Newcastle score. Embarrassing as it is (especially given some of the turgid shit I've watched) hearing the blaydon races and local hero blaring on the tannoys instantly makes my heart happy.

I didn't realise you were from Newcastle S, so hope you didn't take offense to what I said between the lines 😉 Newcastle (town/city area) itself is too far from Sydney for anyone from Sydney to generally have visited enough to have even a mildly formed opinion. When I started supporting Newcastle in the 90s I'd only been into the town a couple of times (but then I was pre-teen). The central coast and Lake Macquarie area by virtue of proximity and the M1 was close enough to be frequently visited (day trips or holiday homes). Had/have family in Swansea and Caves Beach way (retired up that way many many years ago) which are Lake Macquarie which is part of the Newcastle/Hunter region anyway. My point was more that Central Coast may be in the shadow of Sydney more than Newcastle. At what age did you leave the region? The relationship between Newcastle and Sydney is probably pretty symbiotic in that they both don't give a fuck about each other. CCM have been shite for big chunks, agree but they've also over achieved at other times in part through bringing in players from Australia's footballing heartland - Western Sydney.

I wouldn't say that even remotely accurate TBH Sammy. Central Coast is a holiday region that became a retirement zone whilst parts became (or always were) quite a bit bogan. It's closer to Sydney than to Newcastle. Newcastle has been industrial since ever and was named after England's Newcastle for that reason. The familiar name is part of why I started supporting NUFC some 27 or so years back. As far as sporting rivalries go they tried to build up both the Newcastle vs Central Coast and the Sydney vs Central Coast rivalries. Central Coast have punched avove their weight for the most part. I've only seen him in the game vs Barca as I've not watched much A-League in the past few years. So I've got nothing to add on his ability except to say if he comes good I've always believed that he would.

Thankfully he's just there to walk the team mascots.

I love a player who stays on their feet when they're fouled and tries to continue the play. The amount of times he wins the ball and then is fouled but keeps playing sets him apart from many others, in particular because he's so strong and determined that even heavy fouls are sometimes but a speed bump on his way upfield.

They could get him and Andy Carroll as a tag team and together they could probably manage to play every other every other game or part thereof. Premier league historians would be all over it.

I'm sure he got a sizeable bonus wedge for avoiding relegation last season and his newly signed contract will have come with a big salary bump and a new set of potential performance bonuses. Even with all that you're probably still right. Chelsea's spending is off the charts.

Agree totally, not sure what point Waugh was trying to make.